Faith Archives

Digital boom creates evangelical silver lining to coronavirus lockdowns

Apr 5, 2020

Catholic organizations have shifted their focus and have practically become their own little media outlets.

No disease, however fierce, has the last word on who we are

Mar 29, 2020

While so many are becoming neo-prophets of doom and gloom, and as hearts sink beneath the weight of fear and anxiety, Christian believers – now more than ever – are summoned to speak and proclaim glad tidings and words of joyful hope to their neighbors.

By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Coronavirus lockdowns and closures offer us a new plan for Lent

Mar 22, 2020

Each of us had our own plans for Lent. Whatever they might have been, however planned or not, the pandemic has changed everything.

By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

A tribute to a priest who kept the schedule of someone who believes in Heaven

Mar 8, 2020

This past week the Catholic Church in South Carolina suffered the loss of one of its younger priests, Father Marcin Zahuta, 42, who sacrificed the opportunity of playing professional soccer in Poland to enter the seminary and come to the United States as a missionary.

By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

In a polemical age, author says keeping faith means going to the essentials

Feb 24, 2020

In a new book, former British atheist-turned-Catholic author Sally Read takes people back to the essentials of the faith, exploring the importance of staying open and having a personal relationship with God amid the pressures of a highly divided and often skeptical society.

By Elise Ann Allen

Sermon on the Mount reveals true purpose of the moral law

Feb 16, 2020

The Sermon on the Mount cannot be separated from the trenches of life, with all its mire and muck. It is meant for human experience and points us to the realities of life.

By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby